Mobster "Big
Vince" accused of running online gambling operation

Former body-building champion
Vincent "Big Vince" Filipelli has been accused of taking bets
over the Internet.

The
New Jersey Attorney General's Office announced yesterday that
the already-jailed mobster Vincent Filipelli, a.k.a. "Big
Vince", has been charged with conspiracy to promote gambling,
promoting gambling, possession of gambling records, possession
of steroids and money laundering. All charges, but the
possession of steroids, stem from an alleged online sports
betting website Filipelli ran over the past years. William
Motto, 52, of Cherry Hill, was also charged in the illegal
online betting operation and already pleaded guilty in September
of promoting gambling. The web address of the online gambling
website in question has not been mentioned by the Attorney
General's Office.

Vincent "Big Vince" Filipelli is being held
at the Philadelphia Federal Detention Center, where he awaits
sentencing on a federal extortion-related charge connected to
the online betting operation. According to reports, Big Vince
threatened an undercover agent in 2006 in Philadelphia over a
gambling debt at the illegal sports betting website. Vincent
Filipelli pleaded guilty to interstate travel in aid of
racketeering, which could land him in prison for up to 20 years,
excluding the new charges.